As 2022 rolls into its third week and people work on their goals to lead healthier lives, Integrative Wellness serves as a unique resource. 

"Integrative Wellness takes more of a holistic approach," said Cheryl Turner, who along with her husband Dr. Randall Turner, owns the business. "We help detox people from all the chemicals that disrupt our hormones and really have an effect on the thyroid and overall health."

 

Dr. Turner worked in conventional emergency medicine for 35 years before expanding his knowledge to integrative medicine.

 

"He started to realize that too many people were not getting well," Cheryl Turner said. "He ended up going to another fellowship: Integrative medicine, learning how the body literally functions, the need of nutrients and how toxic we are."

 

For just one example, Turner said she used to believe one needed to lose weight to be healthy when in reality, one must be healthy to lose weight.

 

"Once you learn the function of the body and how God designed it, you have to stay true to that," she said. "It's almost like a plant that needs sunlight, water and nutrients from the soil to grow and flourish. That's what we do with the body. It's so natural."

 

Getting to the root of a problem and reversing that situation is the goal.

 

"If you have high blood pressure, we get to the root of what causes it. We remove the cause and then you don't need to be on pharmaceuticals, etc. that just kind of mask the symptoms."

 

Integrative Wellness, rather, utilizes symptoms to serve as a red flag - which Turner compared to a "check engine light."

 

"It's so intelligent how the body tells us something. We need to be really mindful of what it is saying to us," she said. "Then we can start getting to the bottom of the cause."

 

Integrative Wellness performs DNA testing.

 

"You can't go deeper than the genes and the health of cells and the microcondia - everything that runs every program in our bodies," Turner said.

 

Once the genetic report is received, Dr. Turner sits down with the client for a consultation, discussing findings, such as discovered gene mutations.

 

The Turners use a personalized strategy which considers one's unique genetic blueprint and lifestyle to compose an improvement plan to help patients reach and maintain optimum health.

 

Focusing our attention on the client's nutrients, lifestyle and the environment, allows us to consider ways to promote the healing processes that God gave us, Turner said.  

 

At "The Well," which is designed to make clients feel welcome and comfortable, services include health repair and maintenance, chronic pain management, nutrigenomics (scientific study of the interaction of nutrition and genes), nutritional counseling, DNA genetic testing, thermography, IV nutritional therapy, osteopathic/manipulative medicine, pregnancy and newborn care, PRP and stem cell regenerative medicine and soon, infrared sauna to help balance the body's cortisol hormone levels.

 

Dr. Nathan C. Berry, pain management specialist with UHC, is also on the Integrative Wellness team. Among his specialties is PRP: Platelet-rich plasma. Ideal for this treatment is an individual who has suffered chornic joint, back or neck pain and have had no or short-lived success with other treatments. Blood is drawn from the patient, then spun down after which platelets are injected into the inflamed area. 

 

"There are healing properties in our own blood," Turner said. 

 

Also under the Integrative Wellness umbrella is Baby in Bloom, which specializes in prenatal care, gender reveal and infant merchandise including heartbeat animals, organic baby clothes and other specialty items. 

 

"It's a separate business and our daughter Mackenzie is the owner. She is employed by UHC as a full-time ultrasound sonographer," Turner said. 

 

She will also utilize her sonographer skills to perform ultrasounds for Integrative Wellness.

 

The business also features wellness products such as vitamins and supplements, as well as items to make clients feel pretty like earrings and macrame. Turner said she hopes to feature the work of local artisans who produce items that are a good fit for Integrative Wellness. 

Integrative Wellness does not bill insurance companies, but some clients are able to get reimbursed through their insurance plans. 

 

Cheryl and Randall Turner also own Clean Juice, right next door to Integrative Wellness on Conference Center Drive in Charles Pointe. 

 

The Clean Juice franchise, which features organic, healthy food and shake options, ties in perfectly with the couple's mission to get people on a healthier track and utilize diet as a major wellness tool. Read about Clean Juice HERE.

 

See more photos of Integrative Wellness and Baby in Bloom at the gallery link below.